Overview
- The halftime show took place Sunday, July 19, at New York New Jersey Stadium and featured Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira with Burna Boy, and a full seven-member BTS performing a shortened version of 'Dynamite'.
- BTS’s OT7 segment was led by Jungkook and was part of an 11-minute program that gave each headliner roughly a minute and a half on the field.
- All four headliners returned to close the set with Coldplay’s original song 'We Dance,' performed with the PS22 Chorus, orchestras and the Muppets in a cross-genre finale curated by Chris Martin.
- Global Citizen, which produced the show with partners including Live Nation and Done + Dusted, reported the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund topped $60 million toward a $100 million goal and received $1 from each World Cup ticket plus additional commitments.
- Media reaction split between praise for the spectacle’s global reach and questions about staging and timing, including how a large multi-artist production fit into the traditional halftime window and how that could shape future event planning.